Crocker Amazon: Man arrested in attack on jogger

S.F. CRIME

Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The San Francisco Police Department released this sketch of a man suspected of assaulting a female jogger in Crocker Amazon Park on Friday

The San Francisco Police Department released this sketch of a man suspected of assaulting a female jogger in Crocker Amazon Park on Friday

Photo: Courtesy SFPD

Crocker Amazon: Man arrested in attack on jogger

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San Francisco police have arrested a man in the sexual assault of a female jogger in Crocker Amazon Park on Friday afternoon.

The suspect was identified as Xavier Neal, 18, of San Francisco, according to San Francisco police Officer Albie Esparza. He is being held on rape and kidnapping charges.

The victim was jogging near the basketball courts at Crocker Amazon Park around 4:30 p.m. Friday when she was grabbed from behind, Esparza said in a news release. The attacker forced her into the grass, where he sexually assaulted her before fleeing toward Brookdale Avenue and into the Sunnydale public housing development.

At the time, Esparza said, the man was shirtless and wearing black shorts and white, black and red Nike "Jordan" sneakers.

Anyone with any information about this incident should call the Police Department's confidential tip line at (415) 575-4444, or the sex crimes detail at (415) 553-1361. People with information may also text confidential tips from a cell phone to TIP411.